weight - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • lose: Mom of four Kerry loved the online plan She lost weight just in time to go on holiday with her family.
  • carry: Carrying top weight is not just the reason either, physical activity itself can directly protect from bowel cancer.
  • lift: Lifting free weights improves your coordination by improving the neuromuscular pathways that connect your muscles to the central nervous system.
  • lend: The fact that the old designs were successful lends weight to the usefulness of the design assumptions.

Adjective modifier

  • molecular: Typically, the molecular weight is measured using static light scattering.
  • gross: There is concern, however, that some loads may exceed the gross vehicle weight, axle specific weights, or both.
  • heavy: I'm sure most of you have read that the only thing important for mass is using heavy weights all the time.
  • sheer: The idea is that the sheer weight of the Table Tennis top keeps it in place.
  • atomic: Another 21 % of the air is oxygen, with the molecules having an atomic weight of 32.
  • excess: Rather the therapist would look at the reason why the client might need to carry excess weight.

Modifies a noun

  • loss: To achieve weight loss, we have to use more energy than we take in.
  • gain: Food ingestion relieved symptoms in 71 % of patients; 39 % reported weight gain.
  • lifting: He also has a black belt in Isshinryu Karate and has competed and won titles in martial arts and weight lifting competitions.

Noun used with modifier

  • birth: Low protein diets during early pregnancy in rats were found to significantly reduce birth weight of pups.
  • kg: Group 2 had reduced energy from fat by 8.0 per cent and also lost 1.2 kg body weight and 1.4 per cent body fat.
  • body: Worm fact: A worm is capable of eating at least half its own body weight per day.
  • mg/kg: In the rat there was also some evidence of abortion at 300 mg/kg body weight daily.

Preposition: in

  • kilogram: For a metric rough guide divide your weight in kilograms by 32.6 to give liters required per day.
  • gold: Your friendly words are worth their weight in gold.

Preposition: of

  • kg: Differential bone growth between large and small breeds of cattle is usually established prior to a slaughter weight of 500 kg in males.

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